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Pustular Plaque on a Girl’s Scalp

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Clinical Cases in Early-Years Pediatric Dermatology

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Abstract

We present the case of a child with an unusual pustular plaque of the scalp. Based on clinical and microbiological evaluation, a diagnosis of a rare disease in paediatric population was made: erosive pustular dermatosis of the scalp.

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  1. Dermatology – IRCSS Policlinico di S. Orsola, Bologna, Italy

    Rossella Lacava, Miriam Leuzzi, Marco Adriano Chessa, Valeria Evangelista & Iria Neri

  2. Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine (DIMES) – Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

    Marco Adriano Chessa

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  1. Dermatology, University of Rome “G.Marconi”, Rome, Italy

    Fabio Arcangeli

  2. Dermatology, University of Rome “G.Marconi”, Rome, Italy

    Torello M. Lotti

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Lacava, R., Leuzzi, M., Chessa, M.A., Evangelista, V., Neri, I. (2022). Pustular Plaque on a Girl’s Scalp. In: Arcangeli, F., Lotti, T.M. (eds) Clinical Cases in Early-Years Pediatric Dermatology. Clinical Cases in Dermatology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89089-6_19

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